Session 3 – Wednesday, January 6, 2010 — 9 AM
GREEK COINAGE
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1001. CELTIC, Eastern Europe. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. AR Tetradrachm (12.92 g, 3h). Ringelkopfreiter type. Struck in Transylvania. Celticized head of Herakles right / Celticized horseman riding right. OTA 250A/1; cf. Lanz 565; cf. CCCBM I 64; KMW 1164-5. Near VF, toned, edge split. Rare. ($500) 1002. CELTIC, Eastern Europe. Imitations of Philip III of Macedon. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.71 g, 6h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; two monograms in left field, Z below throne. Lanz 904; CCCBM I 185; cf. KMW 1466. Good VF, darkly toned. ($500)
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1003. CELTIC, Britain. Atrebates & Regni. Uninscribed. Circa 75-30 BC. AV Stater (5.07 g). Remic QB Type. Bulge / Celticized horse right with triple tail, degraded charioteer above (resembling a scorpion); seven-spoked wheel and crescent below, pellet-in-lozenge to left. Bean Q1-5; Van Arsdell 216-1; SCBC 38. VF, toned. ($500) 1004. CELTIC, Britain. Atrebates & Regni. Uninscribed. Circa 75-30 BC. AV 1/4 Stater (0.92 g, 3h). Celticized head of Apollo right / Celticized horse left; wheels with hub above and below, annulets and pellets-in-annulets in fields. Bean QcD2-2 var. (ornaments on rev.); cf. Van Arsdell 230-1; SCBC 48. Good VF, obverse die worn. Attractive rose gold. ($500) 1005. SPAIN, Emporion. Circa 450-425 BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (0.48 g). Ram’s head left / Incuse square, divided diagonally by dotted lines, and each side with square relief projecting inward. Campo pl. XVI, 2; Villaronga, Monedes, group 1-2-1-1; CNH -; SNG BM Spain -. Good VF, toned. Rare. ($300) These coins are found with a great variation in weight, ranging from 0.65 to 0.05 grams. The majority fall below 0.30 grams, with only a handful at heavier weights. There are too few known, however, to clearly establish whether there were different denominations, or whether there was a long reduction in weight of one denomination. None of the references distinguish coins of differing weights, but merely identify these by type.
1006. SPAIN, Kelse. Circa 133-100 BC. Æ Unit (16.16 g, 7h). Male head right, drapery at neck; three dolphins around / Horseman, holding palm frond and rein, riding right; Iberian kelse below. CNH 11; SNG BM Spain 797-804. Good VF, greenbrown patina. ($300)
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